Get string within protected object

Question

I am trying to get the the string \"this info\" inside this object lets call it $object, but data is protected, how can I access that pocket?

Answer 1

If you - or the writer of the class - want other people to have access to a protected or private property, you need to provide that via a getter method in the class itself.

So in the class:

public function getData()
{
  return $this->_data;
}

And in your program:

$object->getData();